Deal of the Week:Motorbikers are going to love this tour to Snowdonia and the Lake District in May with Celtic Horizons and Irish Ferries.
Over the weekend of May 13th to 15th you will visit Portmeirion, Llangollen, Betws-y-Coed, Chester, Windermere, Keswick, the Cars for the Stars Museum, and Bassenwaite Lake. An overnight stay in Liverpool will allow time to visit the Beatles museum. The price of €259pps is based on rider and pillion passenger or two people and two bikes can go from €316 each. Prices include ferry, guiding, hotel accommodation for two nights and dinner one evening. See irishferries.com/seacoach or celtichorizontours.com.
Away
EXPLORE THEcoastline of Norway from Hurtigruten's MS Framas she cruises from Dover to the north of Norway on a 10-night journey, departing on April 15th. The price, from €2,249pps, includes flights, transfers, all meals and taxes. Book on 01-2108391 and project-travel.ie.
TAKE THEfamily to the Algarve in July and stay in the Bay Side Salgados apartments in Albufeira from €1,480-€1,520 for two adults and two children with clickandgo.com. Price includes flights with Aer Lingus from Dublin or Cork, transfers and a one-bedroom apartment. Tel 01-6371699 or clickandgo.com.
FIND THEsun this month and next in the Canary Islands with Falcon Holidays. A week in Lanzarote from Dublin, Cork and Shannon, in Puerto del Carmen, costs from €369pps. See falconholidays.ie.
PANORAMAHolidays is selling a week in Gran Canaria, in Puerto Rico, from €389, on January 22nd, from Dublin. Tel 0818-200300 or see panoramaholidays.ie.
FIND THEsunshine in Egypt with Sunworld which has a week in the Oriental Resort at Nabq Bay, all in, from February 3rd from €655pps. Tel 0818-200400 or sunworld.ie.
SALES ENDINGthis week include the SAS flights to Scandinavia sale, flysas.ie, and the British Midland international seat sale, flybmi.com.
Home
BEAT THEblues with chocolate and bath bombs in the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Dublin. Stay for two nights and they will provide dinner in Verres en Vers, hot chocolate and Butler's chocolates in your room and some bath goodies for luxuriating, for €175pps, or one night for €100pps. Book on 01-8982900 and radissonblu.ie/royalhotel-dublin.
BEWLEY'S HOTELSoffer rooms for €50 up to the end of June if you book by January 16th. bewleyshotels.com, and Hotels.com for discounts on bookings all year.
LIVE LIKEa Lord and Lady in your very own 1720s town house on Eustace Street, Dublin. The Irish Landmark Trust's property at No 25 is on special offer this month at €175 per night and sleeps up to seven. Special offers also in other Landmark Trust properties around the country. Book on 01-670 4733 or irishlandmark.com.
THE VILLAGEat Lyons Estate has opened a new residential cookery school with Clodagh McKenna. The newly converted White Stables and Mayor's House provide suite accommodation for visitors. The first course will be from January 25th for three days and will cost €735pps and €870 for single occupancy. Bookings and further details on 01-6279510 and villageatlyons.com.
LEAVE THEChristmas guilt behind on a three-day detox retreat at Leitrim's Ard Nahoo Eco Lodge and cabins. Daily yoga, an organic diet, invigorating walks and saunas and hot-tub sessions will chase away the toxins from February 3rd to 6th. The retreat costs €430pps, Book on 071-9134939 and ardnahoo.com.